The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-11-19
MONTANA NEWS.

? taxes.
A racing and fair association has beer
organized in Missoula with capital stock
of $25 900.
A sawmill belonging to w. H. Pierce
of Boulder burned Wednesday morning
No insurance.
Sanford Ruffner of the Gallatin valley
had four valuable horses killed by the
cars last week.
The Blackfoot Mill company of Mis-.
soula county are cutting 2O,OOO,OOO feet
of logs for next seasons run.
A controlling interest in the business
and material of the Benton River Press is
offered for sale at bargain.
The depot buildings at Toston have
been removed two miles east to the town
of Furness, where the smelters are located.
The blacksmith shop of John NJ. Chap
man, at Stevensville, together with It's
contents, was destroyed by fire last week.
Loss $4,000; no insurance.
Twenty one new postoffices have been
established in Montana during 1887, and
sixteen have been discontinued. The
names of five have been changed.
Richard Trevellick, grand lecturer of
Knights of Labor, Is coming to Montana
in few days and will speak at Helena
and Butte in the interests of the order.
A Frenchman named Louis Battee was
instantly killed in the Montana Central
tunnel about four miles above Boulder.
last Sunday, by large rock falling on
him.
jim Baker, a barber, and Dan Near
thur, painter, of Missoula, held winning
tickets in the last drawing of the Loulsi-
ana state lottery. Their tickets struck the
capital prize and each will receive 81, 500.
The trial at Miles City this week in the
case of conspiracy to defraud insurance
companies on the part of W. E. Cottcr,
saloon man of that place, resulted in the
jury failing to agree. A new trial has
been ordered.
Work is again to be resumed by the
Alice mining company of Butte. This
company, it will be remembered, shut
down few weeks ago because of the ex-
cessive freight ON salt charged by the Un-
ion Pacific railroad.
The crop product of the Gallatin valley
for 1887 il estimated by Peter Koch, of
Bozeman, at 100000 bushels, three
fourths of this amount being oats and the
other fourth wheat. The total value of
this crop is placed at $750,0OO.
c. L. Scott, wood chopper, while un-
der the influence of liquor, murdered his
wife at Granite Thursday morning. He
was arrested and taken to Deer Lodge.
The officer had some difficulty in prevent
ing the lynching of Scott by indignant
citizens.
Helena Herald: Belle Davis, we'll
known Bridge street cyprian, attempted
suicide Wednesday morning by taking
morphine. She was discovered before the
deadly drug had done its work, and by
the prompt application of vigorous anti
dotal treatment her life Was saved.
The town authorities of Missoula have
been petitioued for the right of way and
franchise for street railway The pro-
jectors Of the scheme must anticipate con-
siderable of boom, as at present there
can be but little demand for street rail
way. The town of Billings has a plant
of the kind it will sell cheap.
During several months past gang of
horse thieves have been operating in west
ern and southern Montana, and a large
number of horses have been taken and
of by them. Frank Word and
pal were arrested the first of the week as
members of the gang and the officers
claim to have ample evidence to convict
both of them.
Prof. Napier is now working seventeen
men at the Montana Central coal mines in
Sand Coulee. all engaged in development
work. Within few weeks the mines will
be opened up so that large force can be
put on. When the Sand Couiee branch is
they will be prepared to give
them all the coal needed, and it will
amount to hundreds of tons daily.-Great
Falls Tribune.
Billings Gazette: The temporary bridge
across the Yellowstone river for the Rocky
Fork railroad is to be built Immediately.
The contract has been let to E. NJ. Wilson
& Co., of Helena, who are to have it fin
ished by the 1st of January. 1he timber
is now being hauled to the bridge site
about one mine above Bundy's ferry This
bridge will answer all purposes for haul
ing material over for railroad construc-
ton and coal from the Red Lodge mines /
onto the Northern Pacific.